Gun Control

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

Here is a blog post on the status of gun control in the various states: Changing Gun Laws at State Level.

Looks like the will of the people, at least measured by political contributions, supports gun rights, not gun control.

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

You can't count on gun control, because criminals will always be able to get guns, especially after honest citizens are disarmed.

You can't count on the police, because they won't get there in time (if at all).

One has to rely on one's own self for protection - especially women.

Kudos to the State of Washington.

Thanks for the news report Leo.

[Leo Lakio]

Re: Gun Control

Today's Seattle Times had an interesting story on an increase in concealed-carry permits being issued in Washington state, especially among women - many of whom cite personal safety as their prime reason.

http://seattletimes.com/html/localne...ryrisexml.html

[Kaonohi]

Re: Plastic Gun Control

Yes. Plastic guns should be illegal. One website I recently visited declaimed that plastic guns explode (deconstruct) when fired. GOOD plan.

I agree with current Hawai`i laws:" to purchase a gun, one must be a non-felon and have taken an extended gun safety course. Even those with violent misdemeanors are banned. Also vets with PTSD, (although that is unreasonable, as there are many forms of PTSD). And of course people with mental disease.

I disagree with concealed carry laws. How come bounty hunters get to carry, when trained civilians can't?

I ran into Dog's wife in an elevator at HPD, and asked why she could carry, she said she could cause she was a bounty hunter.

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

I left my gun home all this last month, and it didn't kill anyone.
Going on two months now.

Guns don't kill people, people kill people.

STRICT PEOPLE CONTROL, NOW!

[Walkoff Balk]

Re: Gun Control

Someone can make a fortune by inventing a bulletproof force field that can be purchase by people.

[matapule]

Re: Gun Control

https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=664f0INxNbM

Nuff said!

[68-eldo]

Re: Gun Control

All you have to do is look at the face of George Zimmerman to see a paranoid sociopath gun nut.

So you are just like Zimmerman. He took one look at a black man in a hoodie and saw the evil and decided to watch him to prevent a crime.

With the ability to see the evil in people you could be a great help to law enforcement. You could walk around the city streets pointing out the evil people and the police could arrest them. Maybe before they even commit a crime. Wouldn’t that be great?

See why I worry about you Matapule?

[68-eldo]

Re: Gun Control

This thread was quiet for so long I thought I would just let it be. But I see it has started again.

I find it funny that anti-gun people say things like "A study published in the American Journal of Public Health last year found that states with more gun ownership often had higher rates of gun-related murders”. Well duh! Countries with no cars have very few deaths by car. Same thing.

Guns don’t create the desire to kill.

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

Check the facts rather than the opinions.

Weigh murders vs. self-defense. Daily, over 1000 Americans use guns in self-defense.

Granted, there are more murders, but these are by people who don't obey the law anyway. We cannot take guns from those who hide them, only from citizens who comply with the law, which will make the illegal use of guns rise, and honest citizens to suffer.

[matapule]

Re: Gun Control

Piers Morgan said in his monologue last night:

"A study published in the American Journal of Public Health last year found that states with more gun ownership often had higher rates of gun-related murders.
Morgan argued Friday night: "More guns doesn't mean less crime, as the NRA repeatedly tries to tell you. It means more gun violence, more death and more profits for the gun manufacturers."
He concluded, "Now it's down to you. It is your country. These are your gun laws. And the senseless slaughter will only end when enough Americans stand together and cry, 'Enough!' I look forward to that day. I also look forward to seeing you all again soon. Thank you. And God bless America. "

These are my sentiments too, Piers.

[Ron Whitfield]

Re: Gun Control

This decision carries a lot of weight beyond State lines and may hit the SCOTUS before Obama can tilt the PRO/CON persuasion http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...,5939671.story

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

Anyone caught with a plastic gun is going to jail - where they belong. YIPPEE! It's a small, baby step to gun control, but it is a step in the right direction.

For once I almost agree. There's no place for plastic guns. However, even plastic guns need metal ammo, which is detectable.

A TSA agent almost made me do a strip search until they realized the metal rivets in my Levis were setting off their alarms. Sensitive enough to detect bullets? I think.

[Kaonohi]

Re: Gun Control

Greg, very interesting. Watch, the gun nuts on this board will now produce some NRA statistics that will show the opposite.

Why? it clearly shows public opinion (and money) supports gun rights.

People are afraid of losing more and more of their rights, and the government is determined to take away more and more of them. I think those statistics were right on.

[Ron Whitfield]

Re: Gun Control

Last big brick in the wall?; http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/1...n_2278114.html